VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 64 119
Rank change year-on-year +1 +55 -16
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 76 99 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.66% 3.06% 1.82%
As % of the System Software category 24.84% 21.20% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 64 65
10th Percentile £254 £350 £208
25th Percentile £425 £367 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £493 £398
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% +23.90% +8.90%
75th Percentile £629 £675 £488
90th Percentile £675 £711 £575
England median daily rate £508 £545 £475
% change year-on-year -6.88% +14.74% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £12.40
25th Percentile - - £15.25
Median hourly rate £19.95 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% - -66.80%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £63.00 £45.48
% change year-on-year -36.51% +38.52% -9.04%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

VMware Infrastructure is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 306 467 671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.70% 14.42% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 325 467
10th Percentile £156 £158 £130
25th Percentile £245 £256 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +18.67% +10.29%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £500
90th Percentile £658 £700 £582
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 21 42
10th Percentile £14.77 £12.50 £11.38
25th Percentile £15.74 £15.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.98 £20.00 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.13% +19.40% +24.07%
75th Percentile £22.80 £40.25 £20.45
90th Percentile £37.83 £65.00 £23.73
England median hourly rate £22.15 £52.13 £18.60
% change year-on-year -57.51% +180.27% -2.11%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in the Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +12 56 £564 +28.07% 32
East Midlands -6 19 £450 -30.23% 28
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (11.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.05%) Azure
1 16 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.26%) AWS
3 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (23.68%) DNS
2 17 (22.37%) DHCP
3 16 (21.05%) WAN
4 14 (18.42%) TCP/IP
5 13 (17.11%) SD-WAN
6 12 (15.79%) LAN
7 11 (14.47%) Firewall
7 11 (14.47%) SAN
8 10 (13.16%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (10.53%) NX-OS
10 6 (7.89%) VLAN
10 6 (7.89%) VPN
11 5 (6.58%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (6.58%) Internet
11 5 (6.58%) MPLS
12 3 (3.95%) Network Security
12 3 (3.95%) VoIP
12 3 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (2.63%) Wireless
14 1 (1.32%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (14.47%) Git
2 3 (3.95%) GitLab
General
1 17 (22.37%) Public Sector
2 15 (19.74%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Finance
4 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Local Government
5 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (23.68%) Architect
3 10 (13.16%) Network Architect
4 8 (10.53%) Administrator
5 5 (6.58%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.58%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Server Administrator
5 5 (6.58%) Support Officer
5 5 (6.58%) Technical Support
5 5 (6.58%) Technical Support Officer
5 5 (6.58%) VMWare Administrator
6 4 (5.26%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) DevOps Specialist
7 3 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.05%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.21%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.58%) PKI
4 4 (5.26%) Clustering
4 4 (5.26%) Grid Computing
5 3 (3.95%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 52 (68.42%) Windows
2 27 (35.53%) Windows Server
3 24 (31.58%) Linux
4 23 (30.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (14.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (11.84%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (10.53%) Windows 10
8 7 (9.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (6.58%) Unix
10 4 (5.26%) CentOS
10 4 (5.26%) Ubuntu
11 3 (3.95%) Mac OS
11 3 (3.95%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 19 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (21.05%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 15 (19.74%) Validation
4 14 (18.42%) Network Virtualisation
5 11 (14.47%) Configuration Management
5 11 (14.47%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (14.47%) Infrastructure Automation
6 10 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (10.53%) Incident Response
7 8 (10.53%) Network Packet Capture
8 7 (9.21%) Computer Security
8 7 (9.21%) Password Management
8 7 (9.21%) Task Automation
8 7 (9.21%) Virtual Environments
9 6 (7.89%) Migration
10 5 (6.58%) Information Management
10 5 (6.58%) Load Balancing
10 5 (6.58%) SIEM
10 5 (6.58%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.89%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.58%) C#
2 5 (6.58%) Java
3 4 (5.26%) Bash
4 3 (3.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (44.74%) Security Cleared
2 27 (35.53%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.53%) Degree
4 6 (7.89%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.63%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.32%) CCNA
6 1 (1.32%) CCNP
6 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.58%) NIST
2 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (28.95%) Active Directory
2 21 (27.63%) VMware NSX
3 15 (19.74%) vSphere
4 14 (18.42%) Hyper-V
4 14 (18.42%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (18.42%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (10.53%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (9.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (6.58%) VMware Server
8 3 (3.95%) VMFS
9 2 (2.63%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (15.79%) SCCM
2 11 (14.47%) Ansible
2 11 (14.47%) Progress Chef
2 11 (14.47%) Puppet
2 11 (14.47%) Salt
2 11 (14.47%) Terraform
2 11 (14.47%) vCenter Server
3 9 (11.84%) SCOM
4 7 (9.21%) CSIRT
5 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (3.95%) Autotask
6 3 (3.95%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (3.95%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
6 3 (3.95%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (3.95%) SCSM
7 1 (1.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 76 (100.00%) VMware
2 29 (38.16%) Microsoft
3 15 (19.74%) Cisco
4 14 (18.42%) Red Hat
5 9 (11.84%) SaltStack
6 7 (9.21%) Veeam
7 5 (6.58%) Citrix
8 4 (5.26%) Apple
8 4 (5.26%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.95%) Datto
10 2 (2.63%) NetApp
11 1 (1.32%) Aerohive Networks
11 1 (1.32%) Avaya
11 1 (1.32%) Commvault
11 1 (1.32%) Dell
11 1 (1.32%) EMC
11 1 (1.32%) Google
11 1 (1.32%) Mitel
11 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.32%) Sophos